| 1 | Eric | | A boy who is known to his parents as Little Houdini. |
| | Brad | | Little Houdini's father. |
| | Zachary | Bloomfield | Little Houdini's friend. |
| | Mallory | | Zachary's mother. |
| 2 | | | Seven Years Later |
| | Rachel | Marin | An executive assistant. |
| | Iris | | A baby sitter. |
| | Reginald | Bartek | A man who tried to assault Rachel. aka: Reggie |
| | Jodi | Picoult | An American author. |
| | Steve | Ruggiero | Rachel's boss. |
| | Megan | | Rachel's daughter. |
| 3 | John | Serrano | A detective. |
| | Daryl | George | A lieutenant. |
| | Leslie | Tally | A detective. Serrano's partner. |
| | Claire | | Serrano's wife. |
| | Isaac | Montrose | A forensic investigator. |
| | Hector | Moreno | Chief medical examiner of Ashby County. |
| | Bryan | Beene | One of the forensic techs. |
| | Reno | | Beene's acquaintance. |
| | Constance | Wright | The mayor of Ashby. |
| 4 | Sadie | Scout | A character name of Megan's story. |
| | Roxy | | A pet tiger. |
| | Simone | Watson | Megan's best friend. |
| | Blingle | | Megan's favorite toy. |
| | Charles | Willemore | A reporter. |
| 5 | Camila | | Hector Moreno's wife. |
| | Rembrandt | | A Dutch painter and printmaker. |
| | Nicholas | Drummond | Constance Wright's ex-husband. |
| | Wanda | Bremmer | Serrano's acquaintance. |
| 6 | Adam | | Rachel's acquaintance. |
| | Lizette | | Adam's ex-wife. |
| 7 | Liesl | Schilling | A baby sitter. |
| 8 | | | Three Years Ago |
| | James R. | Franklin | Rachel's lawyer. aka: Jim. |
| 9 | | | Today |
| | Eugene | Wright | Constance's grandfather. |
| | Cameron | Wright | Constance's father. |
| | Louis | Magursky | Owner of Magursky Construction. |
| | Randall | McGovern | A sitting Ashby mayor. |
| | Candice | | Constance Wright's mother. |
| | Samuel J. | Wickersham | A volunteer canvasser. aka: Sam. |
| | Isabelle | Robles | Nicholas Drummond's new wife. |
| 10 | Miss | Wooster | Megan's homeroom teacher. |
| | Alec | Titus | Megan's classmate. |
| | Doogie | Howser | An American medical sitcom that ran for four seasons on ABC. |
| | Philip | Bauman | Ashby's 56th mayor. |
| | Alan | Caldwell | A deputy mayor. |
| | Julius | Caesar | A Roman general, statesman and final Dictator. |
| | Brad | Pitt | An American actor and filmmaker. |
| | Jenniston | Aniston | A television and film actress. |
| | J. D. | Salinger | An American author. |
| | Anderson | Cooper | An American broadcast journalist and political commentator. |
| | Nancy | Wiles | A reporter. |
| | Bob | Phillips | An American television journalist. |
| | Grace | Meyerson | A TNN reporter. |
| | Lee Harvey | Oswald | An American former marine who assassinated John F. Kennedy. |
| 11 | Christopher | Robles | Isabelle's brother. aka: Chris. |
| | D. B. | Cooper | Unidentified man who hijacked an airplane in 1971. |
| | John F. | Kennedy | The 35th president of the United States. |
| | Claire | Wallace | Tally's wife. |
| | Bobby | | Claire Wallace's younger son. |
| | Penny | | One of Claire Wallace's children. |
| | Elyse | | One of Claire Wallace's children. |
| 13 | Harwood | Green | A home security installation technician. |
| 14 | | | Five Years Ago |
| | Muhammad | Ali | An American boxer, philanthropist, and activist. |
| | Myra | | A self-defense instructor. |
| | Pedro | | One of Myra's students. |
| | Audrey | | One of Myra's students. |
| | Starla | | One of Myra's students. |
| | Earl | | One of Myra's students. |
| | Esmeralda | | A nanny. aka: Easie. |
| | Taylor | Swift | An American singer-songwriter. |
| 15 | | | Today |
| | Derek | Lowe | A police officer. |
| | Officer | Chen | Officer Lowe's partner. |
| 16 | Arturo | | Christopher Robles' father. |
| | Yvette | | Christopher Robles' mother. |
| | Dale | Sauron | Christopher's lawyer. |
| | Annette | Zhang | Owns a Fancy Nail salon. |
| 17 | Steven | | One of a medical examiners. |
| | Krish | | One of a medical examiners. |
| 18 | Sue | Grafton | An American author of detective novels. |
| 19 | Adeline | Bowers | Wickersham's acquaintance. |
| | Titus | | Wickersham's dog. |
| 20 | Nelson | Aguillar | One of Christopher Robles' friends. |
| | Stefanie | Steinman | One of Christopher Robles' friends. |
| | Samuel L. | Jackson | An American actor and producer. |
| 21 | Victor | Maloriano | A botanist. |
| | Pat | Connelly | A watch commander. |
| | Walter | MacKey | A retired octogenarian. |
| | Beattie | | Walter's wife. |
| | Dorothy | Givens | The CFO of J&J Accounting. |
| | Anne | Weems | An employee of J&J Accounting. |
| | Saul | Steinman | Stefanie's father. |
| | Lexi | Steinman | Stefanie's mother. |
| | Esther | Warren | Vice-president of J&J Accounting. |
| | Alphonse | Russoti | J&J managing director. |
| | Caroline | Drummond | Nicholas Drummond's sister. |
| 23 | | | Four Years Ago |
| | Abe | | One of Myra's students. |
| | Tabitha | | One of Myra's students. |
| | Ben | | Myra's son. |
| | Javier | | Myra's guy. |
| | Evie | | Myra's real name. |
| 24 | | | Today |
| | Wally | Shaw | A computer forensics examiner. |
| 25 | Bobby | Callahan | One of the players from Ashby High. |
| | Ricardo | Domiguez | One of the players from Ashby High. |
| | Evan | Serrano | Detective Serrano's son. |
| | Deirdre | | Detective Serrano's ex-wife. |
| | Billy | Wootens | A player who accidentally hit Evan Serrano. |
| 26 | | | Three and a Half years Ago |
| | Reverend | Elias | Rachel acquaintance. |
| | Ariel | Nesbit | Worked at Darien Law Department. |
| | Olivia | Powell | Real name of Rachel Marin. |
| | Stanford | Royce | A man suspected of several rapes and numerous armed robberies. |
| 27 | | | Today |
| | Tyrone | Wheatley | A professional photographer. |
| | Stephen | Curry | An American professional basketball player. |
| 28 | Edith | | Wickersham's secretary. |
| | Meryl | Streep | An American actress. |
| 30 | Michael | Connelly | An American novelist. |
| | Inez | Fortunado | A twenty-year vet. Detective Serrano's acquaintance. |
| | Ricardo | Jimenez | A man who had a consensual sexual relationship with Caroline. |
| | Diane | Loderbaum | A psychic/tarot reader. |
| | Vincent | Biancamano | A proprietor of a restaurant. |
| | Judge | Watson | A judge who approved the warrant request against Wickersham. |
| | Aleksy | Bacik | A senior realtor with Irongate Properties. |
| 31 | Sean | | Real name of Eric. |
| | Chloe | | Real name of Megan. |
| 32 | | | Three Years Ago |
| | Claudette | | Rachel's neighbor. |
| 33 | Chester | Barnes | Robles family's longtime lawyer. |
| 34 | Andy | Burke | Detective Serrano's acquaintance. |
| | Willem | Dafoe | An American actor. |
| | Tabitha | George | Lieutenant George's wife. |
| | Mia | | Lieutenant George and Tabitha's daughter. |
| | Katz | | The District Attorney. |
| | John Wayne | Gacy | An American serial killer and torturer. |
| 35 | Peter | Dinklage | An American film, television and stage actor. |
| 37 | Dennis | Lewiston | A British cinematographer. |
| 39 | Charles | Manson | An American criminal and cult leader. |
| 41 | Bradley | Powell | Full name of Rachel Marin/Olivia Powell's husband. |
| | Jimmy | Plotkin | A Darien PD deputy. |
| 42 | | | One Month Later |
| | Jodie | Foster | An American actress and filmmaker. |
